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This book is the first to integrate the topics of professional
development, educational leadership, and social justice.
Contributors offer ideas, applications, and resources for helping
leaders and educators tackle the challenges of building successful
professional learning communities. This wide-ranging text will
prove indispensable for any democratically accountable leader
committed to organizational change through communities of practice.
The book contains four sections: organization and the learning
community, democracy and the learning community, technology and the
learning community, and mentoring and the learning community.
Descriptions of conceptual frameworks are supported by strategies
for implementation and success.
This concise guide to writing is designed to help any academic
become not only productive but truly prolific. It is a pithy,
no-nonsense, no-excuses guide to maximizing the quality and
quantity of scholarly output. Johnson and Mullen" "offer an
accessible overview of the art of writing efficiently and
effectively, provide a one-stop source for the nuts and bolts of
success in getting things written and into print, and advise
academics on how to navigate the turbulent waters of professional
stress along the way. This is the first book that explicitly
summarizes the key elements of prolific productivity in academic
settings.
In The American Military Tradition historians John M. Carroll and
Colin F. Baxter gather an esteemed group of military historians to
explore the pivotal issues and themes in American warfare from the
Colonial era to the present conflict in Iraq. From the reliance on
militia and the Minutemen of the American Revolution to the
all-volunteer specialized troops of today, these twelve essays
analyze the continuities and changes in the conduct of war over the
past three centuries. In this completely revised second edition,
new essays explore Napoleonic warfare, the American Civil War, the
Plains Wars in the West, the War against Japan, the nuclear arms
race, and the War on Terror. The book, while not avoiding the
nature of battle, goes beyond tactics and strategy to include the
enormous social and political impact of America's wars.
In The American Military Tradition historians John M. Carroll and
Colin F. Baxter gather an esteemed group of military historians to
explore the pivotal issues and themes in American warfare from the
Colonial era to the present conflict in Iraq. From the reliance on
militia and the Minutemen of the American Revolution to the
all-volunteer specialized troops of today, these twelve essays
analyze the continuities and changes in the conduct of war over the
past three centuries. In this completely revised second edition,
new essays explore Napoleonic warfare, the American Civil War, the
Plains Wars in the West, the War against Japan, the nuclear arms
race, and the War on Terror. The book, while not avoiding the
nature of battle, goes beyond tactics and strategy to include the
enormous social and political impact of America's wars.
This concise guide to writing is designed to help any academic
become not only productive but truly prolific. It is a pithy,
no-nonsense, no-excuses guide to maximizing the quality and
quantity of scholarly output. Johnson and Mullen" "offer an
accessible overview of the art of writing efficiently and
effectively, provide a one-stop source for the nuts and bolts of
success in getting things written and into print, and advise
academics on how to navigate the turbulent waters of professional
stress along the way. This is the first book that explicitly
summarizes the key elements of prolific productivity in academic
settings.
A practical study of echelonment, employment and command control of
Military Service troops, TC, in preparation for and during initial
phases of an invasion.
High oil prices affect nearly every household and business in the
United States. During the course of 2008, oil prices doubled to
over $145 per barrel and then fell by 80%. In early 2011, there was
a run-up of about 20%, sending gasoline prices to near 2008 highs.
This book provides background on financial speculation in oil, the
workings of oil derivatives markets, and the different types of
firms that trade in those markets. Also discussed are the concepts
of manipulation and excessive speculation, and the fundamental
factors that affect oil prices.
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Eugene C Mullen
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Steve E. Larson learns the harsh reality of war, finding himself
relieving the past as a youthful American soldier flying combat
mission from England in the summer of 1943.
As the heated battle over the skies of Germany's Fortress
Europe, take their toll on Steve, he finds comfort in the arms of
English women. With each mission, life becomes more meaningful. He
meets two women that are different as night and day. Captain Ann
Toille, harden by the war and as cold as ice, and Cindy Graham a
local working girl that he can escape to and enjoy the pleasures of
the world.
Fate steps in and he gets shot down over Germany. Left with only
the clothes on his back he tries to make it back to England before
getting captured. He finds out that there is more to this war and
to life, then what he is living. He gets befriended on the way by
Carolyn only to leave her hanging on deaths doorstep.
Returning to England feeling low in heart, he turns to Cindy
only to regret being with her. Fate steps in again as he meets Ann.
Can Ann's love nourish him back even though it is not her love that
he desires?
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